eyeshadow
"eyeshadow" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eyeshadow” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,154
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of eye shadow
Corpus desk
Index EN-eyeshadow · eyeshadow · English
eyeshadow · rank #24,154 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,154
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ere
Nearest frequency peer: ere (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “eyeshadow”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dunkirk
Dunkirk
75,851 corpus weight
- dwarves
dwarves
75,850 corpus weight
- effortless
effortless
75,849 corpus weight
- ere
ere
75,848 corpus weight
- eyeshadow
eyeshadow
75,847 corpus weight
- fave
fave
75,845 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “eyeshadow” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eyeshadow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eyeshadow” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around eyeshadow, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,154 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of eye shadow".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for eyeshadow, with forms such as "eeyshadow", "eyehsadow", and "eyesahdow". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From eye + shadow. The correct English form is eyeshadow, spelled E-Y-E-S-H-A-D-O-W.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of eye shadow
Etymology
From eye + shadow.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eeyshadow
- eyehsadow
- eyesahdow
- eyeshaddow
- eyeshadoww
- eyeshadwo
- eyeshaodw
- eyeshdaow
- eyeshhadow
- eyesshadow
- eysehadow
- eyyeshadow
- yeeshadow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eyeshadow - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eyeshadow", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.